Maharashtra is all set to roll out Aadhar based LPG subsidy

MUMBAI, INDIA: Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan expressed his satisfaction at the progress made by the state government in the UID linked Direct Benefit Transfer project.

Chavan took a detailed review of the project progress on September 20, 2013 along with senior officers of the state government, all divisional commissioners and district collectors, senior officials from UIDAI and Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Govt.of India.

UID linked DBT for LPG subsidy has been successfully launched in Wardha and Amravati.

In Wardha, more than 78 per cent of the LPG consumers have linked their consumer number with UID and more than INR 11 Cr. has been released directly into the bank account of beneficiaries.

In Amravati, where the scheme started from September 1, more than 43 per cent of the LPG consumers have linked their consumer number with UID and nearly INR 1 Cr. has been released directly into the bank account of beneficiaries.

While Government of India has announced that UID Linked DBT for LPG shall be launched in 33 districts of the state by Jan 1, 2014, CM expressed confidence that the state government has the readiness to roll it out across the state and requested Government of India to include all districts of the state in the scheme.

Chavan also instructed the district collectors to set up UID enrolment center at the dealer offices of oil marketing companies(OMCs) and ensuring that the facility of printing of e-Aadhaar is available at the OMC dealer office for consumers whose Aadhaar has been generated but have not received the letters.

He also asked the representatives of the OMCs to provide drop box facility at all OMC dealer office for collection of bank details of consumers for seeding with UID.

More than 7.3 Cr. residents of Maharashtra have been enrolled so far and UIDs have been generated for more than 6.68 Cr. residents. Chavan expressed his confidence that the major population in the state shall be covered by March 2014, which is much ahead of the project target set by UIDAI.